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Body image is a construction of different components: perceptual, cognitive, affective and behavioral of each individual. The aim to analyze the agreement between BMI and self-perception of body image in adolescents from Mochitlán, Gro. To analyze the agreement between body mass index (BMI) and self-perception of body image, an analytical cross-sectional study was carried out, anthropometry was determined and a survey estimated habits and body self-perception with Stunkard's pictogram (1983). 109 adolescents participated, the majority were women (72.5%), the BMI determined that 10% were overweight, 22.9% obese and 43.5% abdominal obesity. 64.2% presented an inadequate perception of their body image, 2.8% correctly perceived themselves as underweight, 3.7% as overweight and 0.9% as obese. 60% of women perceive themselves as overweight and 78.9% as obese. The comparison of body …